Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running mate

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How did the left and right cover Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running…?

Of the 69 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 38% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 20% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 77. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.

Is Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running… left or right?

Neither side dominates it. Of the 69 rated outlets on this story, 38% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 20% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.

Is the coverage of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running… biased?

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running mate is one event reported by 77 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.

Which side is not reporting Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running…?

When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.

Which outlets covered Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs selects ex-Republican John Giles as running…?

77 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.

Why did Katie Hobbs choose John Giles as her running mate?

Katie Hobbs selected John Giles, a former Republican mayor of Mesa, to appeal to conservative voters in Arizona. Giles switched his party affiliation to independent in May 2026 and has criticised Donald Trump, making him a strategic choice for Hobbs’s re-election bid in a state where Republicans hold a voter registration advantage.

What is John Giles’s political background?

John Giles was a registered Republican for decades before switching to independent in May 2026. He served as mayor of Mesa, Arizona’s third-largest city, from 2014 to 2025. Giles has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump and endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

When will Arizona elect its first lieutenant governor?

Arizona will elect its first lieutenant governor in January 2027. The position was established by a 2022 ballot measure to clarify the line of succession for the governorship. Until then, the secretary of state remains next in line.

Which outlets did not cover the Hobbs-Giles story?

No right-rated outlet ran the story about Katie Hobbs selecting John Giles as her running mate. The 13 reports provided were all from left- and centre-rated outlets, with none from right-rated sources.